Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rack or inclined shelf attached to a musical instrument, or mounted upon an independent support, designed to hold the music for a singer or player. Also called
music-holder .
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Examples
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For Berenice, also, was a music-rack full of classic music and song collections,
The Titan 2004
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‘Mr. Holiday wishes to sing, Mother,’ said Vera, going to the music-rack.
The Trespasser 2003
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The audience took its seats again; the thick manuscript-score was set up on the music-rack, and the three young men at the piano had a brief disagreement with one another about turning the leaves: Krafft was bent on doing it, and
Maurice Guest 2003
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Scattered music lay all over the piano, on the music-rack, sliding down on the keys, and in small, untidy piles hastily placed on the red satin cover.
The Heart of Arethusa Francis Barton Fox
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Entering, he found his uncle still seated before the organ, but with his head bent forward upon the music-rack, and apparently lost in deep thought, for he did not look up till Noll stood beside him.
Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught Glance Gaylord
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"I noticed, myself, that you played more than half the notes in the air, or on the music-rack, without touching the keys at all."
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The furniture of this room consisted of a chair, a lounge, a table, a music-rack, and a piano.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various
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To-day it was in greater confusion than usual, with white dust thick on table and chair, a window-shade askew, the music-rack disarranged, and a plate of grape-skins which Allison had left last night on the piano still standing there.
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He sank down upon the piano-stool and gazed at the sheet of music on the music-rack.
The Happy Venture Edith Ballinger Price 1947
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It wanted her to sit again at a piano, somewhere, anywhere, with a lighted cigaret on the music-rack, and sing her husky, naive little songs.
Dangerous Days Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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